---
title: "Canvas Solaris"
type: "MusicGroup"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/canvas-solaris"
genre: "Progressive Metal"
country: "United States"
formed: 1999
---

# Canvas Solaris

**Canvas Solaris** is a progressive metal band, from United States, active 1999 to present.

Canvas Solaris are an American progressive metal band from Statesboro, Georgia, formed in 1999, and disbanded in 2011. Though they first played with vocals, they moved on to instrumental, drawing influence from bands as diverse as Cynic, Rush, King Crimson, Death, Watchtower, and The Mars Volta.

Biography source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canvas_Solaris

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Name | Canvas Solaris |
| Genre | Progressive Metal |
| Parent genre | Metal |
| Origin | Statesboro, United States |
| Formed | 1999 |
| Releases in catalog | 7 |

## Genres

[Progressive Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/progressive-metal)

## Line-up

| Musician | Instruments | Years | Status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Chris Rushing](https://themetalnet.com/musician/chris-rushing) | Guitar | 2008 to present | Current |
| [Gael Pirlot](https://themetalnet.com/musician/gael-pirlot) | Bass | 2008 to present | Current |
| [Donnie Smith](https://themetalnet.com/musician/donnie-smith) | Keyboard | 2008 to present | Current |
| [Hunter Ginn](https://themetalnet.com/musician/hunter-ginn) | Percussion, Drums (drum set) | 1999 to present | Current |
| [Nathan Sapp](https://themetalnet.com/musician/nathan-sapp) | Guitar | 1999 to present | Current |
| [Ben Simpkins](https://themetalnet.com/musician/ben-simpkins) | Guitar, Keyboard, Bass | 2002 to 2007 | Former |
| [Brad Jeffcoat](https://themetalnet.com/musician/brad-jeffcoat) | Lead vocals | 1999 to 2002 | Former |
| [Jimmy McCall](https://themetalnet.com/musician/jimmy-mccall) | Bass | 1999 to 2002 | Former |

## Discography

| Year | Release | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2003 | [Spatial/Design](https://themetalnet.com/album/5e9f4c22-34a3-37c5-a3b0-a55bf76e1969) | EP |
| 2004 | [Sublimation](https://themetalnet.com/album/1189da13-3b7e-333e-9c64-f9216bfb111e) | Album |
| 2006 | [Penumbra Diffuse](https://themetalnet.com/album/0ee48131-3f77-300b-90a0-03966dcdd24d) | Album |
| 2007 | [Cortical Tectonics](https://themetalnet.com/album/be40be80-7fb9-3651-a33a-74e8ecc2c5a7) | Album |
| 2008 | [The Atomized Dream](https://themetalnet.com/album/37895624-41ae-368b-a255-4fd25c9e2f0b) | Album |
| 2010 | [Irradiance](https://themetalnet.com/album/3aae23c0-e83a-4cee-93e8-f05ce3cc7e95) | Album |
| 2021 | [Chromosphere](https://themetalnet.com/album/420fe8a4-8a5a-4b87-a174-17d5dfca5032) | Album |

## Related bands

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- [Animals as Leaders](https://themetalnet.com/band/animals-as-leaders) (listened together)
- [Rush](https://themetalnet.com/band/rush) (listened together)
- [Exivious](https://themetalnet.com/band/exivious) (listened together)
- [Blotted Science](https://themetalnet.com/band/blotted-science) (listened together)
- [Gordian Knot](https://themetalnet.com/band/gordian-knot) (listened together)
- [Behold… the Arctopus](https://themetalnet.com/band/behold-the-arctopus) (listened together)
- [Cloudkicker](https://themetalnet.com/band/cloudkicker) (listened together)
- [Spastic Ink](https://themetalnet.com/band/spastic-ink) (listened together)
- [Chimp Spanner](https://themetalnet.com/band/chimp-spanner) (listened together)
- [Dysrhythmia](https://themetalnet.com/band/dysrhythmia) (listened together)
- [Riverside](https://themetalnet.com/band/riverside) (listened together)

## Official and external links

- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Canvas-Solaris-484973228216456
- metal archives: https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Canvas_Solaris/17658

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Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/band/canvas-solaris](https://themetalnet.com/band/canvas-solaris). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt